Title: Designs for Anarchist Postage Stamps
Year: 1997
Publisher / Printer: Rebel Press / Aldgate Press
Description: Oblong softcover staple-bound booklet.
Pagination: [1-56]
Contents: ‘What can anarchism possibly have in common with postal services?’
A foreword by Colin Ward (1924 – 2010) provides a brief history of the postal system.
Sixteen portraits & stamps featuring famous anarchists follow, designed by London-based graphic artist & anarchist Clifford Harper (b. 1949).
These ‘Postage Stamps for after the Revolution’ are accompanied by quotations. Mini-biographies of the portrait subjects are included at the end.
Illustrations: Portraits of Gerard Winstanley, William Godwin, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Max Stirner (pictured above), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Michael Bakunin, Louise Michel, Peter Kropotkin, Errico Malatesta, Oscar Wilde, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, Emiliano Zapata, Herbert Read, Buenaventura Durruti Y Domingo, & Colin Ward
Condition: Minor wear to top & bottom spine. Light crease on back cover upper left corner.
Price: £10 / $15.50 (+ s&h)